Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia RTX 4070

Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 2.4x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 4070
FP16 / BF16 dense2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4070
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 3060

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia RTX 3060 Nvidia RTX 4070
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.07
Median across providers $0.04 $0.07
Most expensive listed $0.06 $0.08
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $21 $50

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3060 or the Nvidia RTX 4070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3060 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 at $0.07. Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 2.4x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070: $50 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.